Saam spoke with his fellow supporters, Senators Lott Dod and Nix Card about the vote. Saam suggests they take out Amidala, but Card knew that the Senate would not de-regulate the banks. Thus, they agreed to bring the war to Coruscant, knowing that it has not been attacked in over a thousand years. Thus, they contacted the Confederacy's leader, Count Dooku. Dooku, at the behest of Lord Sidious, tasked General Grievous with planning the attack.[3]

Amidala and Tano then returned to Coruscant and informed Chancellor Palpatine of the Confederacy's peace proposal. Saam, Card, and Dodd then spoke to Dooku about the proposal and how it would derail their bill. Dooku assured them that after their attack, chances of peace will disappear.[3]

Grievous then sent in a team of Demolition droids. Grievous then assured Dooku and Card that would complete his mission. The droids, disguised as sweeper droids, were able to be taken to Coruscant. There they were able to slip past Commander "Fox" and his Coruscant Guard. They then made their way to the Central power distribution grid. They then attacked the engineers stationed and killed them all.[3]

During that time, Senators Amidala, Organa, and Onaconda Farr then spoke to the Republic Senate on the Confederacy's peace proposal. Vice ChairmanMas Amedda accepted it and the other Senators were allowed to vote.[3]

However, seconds later, the demolition droids carried out their mission and destroyed themeselves and the generators. Large areas of Coruscant were turned dark and the red emergency lights turned, alerting the senate of the attack. Ryloth Senator Orn Free Taa shouted that they were under attack. Soon, Senator Saam announced that the attack had been confirmed as a Separatist one, and Senator Kamino Halle Burtoni proposed to vote on the bill to deregulate the banks. Amidala attempted to stop the process, but to no avail, as more and more Senators began to support Burtoni's proposal. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine approved the suggestion, thus ending the debate over the subject.

The Banks were deregulated in order to finance more troops for war.[3] Amidala then attempted to have the senate resume their negotiations with the Confederacy despite Umbara's senator Mee Deechi asking if she had Separatist friends. However, Dooku contacted the senate, saying that the Republic has launched their own attack on the Confederacy's people, killing the proposal's sponsor, Mina Bonteri.[2]